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jehovah

(n): a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
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about 1 year ago brtom said:

If nature will not tell the tale
Jehovah told to her
Can human nature not survive
Without a listener?


Emily Dickinson, from J. 1748

about 1 year ago andrew.simone said:

Althought this transliterated word from the Hebrew is still used, most (good) scholars prefer either Yaweh with the 'w' is pronounced as a 'v').

It is 'the name of God', or more properly what God says when Moses asks God who he is.

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